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George Abel Schreiner
A globe-trotting war correspondent, this writer brought readers close to the front lines of the Boer War, the Mexican Revolution, and World War I. His books mix eyewitness reporting with sharp observations on international politics and daily life in wartime Europe.
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The Iron Ration: Three Years in Warring Central Europe
by George Abel Schreiner
About the author
Born in Avricourt, Alsace-Lorraine, on August 21, 1875, George Abel Schreiner became a German-American journalist and foreign correspondent whose career followed some of the most turbulent conflicts of the early 20th century. He worked as a reporter and editor in the United States before taking on international assignments that made him widely known.
Schreiner served on the Boer side during the Boer War and later reported from Mexico, the Dardanelles, Poland, Macedonia, and the Western Front. During World War I, he was especially recognized for his work as an Associated Press correspondent, and his firsthand experience shaped books such as The Iron Ration and other works on diplomacy, war, and political intrigue.
He died on January 21, 1942. What makes his writing stand out today is its immediacy: he wrote not as a distant historian, but as someone who had seen battle zones, diplomatic maneuvering, and wartime societies up close.